How long does it take to read The Theory of Democracy Revisited?
The Theory of Democracy Revisited by Giovanni Sartori takes about 9 hours 56 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 9 hours 56 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1987. 542 pages, about 149,050 words.
20 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 16 hours 34 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 9 hours 56 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 6 hours 13 minutes |
The page count is the median across 5 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
This monumetal and highly erudite work was written by one of the most influential political scientist, comparativist and social science methodologist of the 20th century Giovanni Sartori (1924-2017). The book, consisting of two parts ("The Contemporary Debate" & "The Classical Issues"), provides critical scrutiny of various meanings of democracy since antiquity as well as review of the major democratic theories of our times together with all relevant concepts (such as totalitarianism, authoritarianism) and important methodological issues in the study of politics. Sartori synthesizes a theory of his own emphasizing that in the study of politics ideals (the ought) and facts (the is) have to be related in feedback fashion. The clarity and dramatic power of this work makes it a must read for anyone interested in politics.
Subjects: Democracy, political science, conceptual analysis
